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As you travel the world, one destination towers over the rest in the search for international prominence.
It screams out from brochures, demanding your attention as you forget about Paris, London and New York. Drowning out your reservations with "We have a replica of Christopher Columbus' historic ship the Santa Maria".
So I am sure there are lots of reasons to visit Columbus Ohio, but to be fair, there is only one reason I am here.
It's the KidMin Conference by Group Publishing and Children's Ministry Magazine.
I had a walk around the city this morning, grabbed great bacon omelette (international travel rules dictate, in the US? eat bacon) breakfast from a tiny little place around the corner from the hotel suggested by this great blog Breakfast with Nick. And then had a stroll around the rather massive count of high-rise buildings in the downtown area.
Seriously, there is a lot of tall buildings for 800,000 people (Apparently lots of state government departments are here).
But let me get serious for a moment. I am quietly excited about this conference. I have never been a part of an event run by Group before so I will be learning all I can, about how they do what they do. There are friends here and new friends to be met. If you are at the conf. come by the Hillsong Kids stand and check out some new resources!


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By Vanessa in Feminism on Nov 15, 2009
You think your high school experience sucked? Try being a teenage feminist these days. Girls who want equality are getting more crap than you can imagine, but are fighting harder than ever to have their voices heard. Eighteen-year-old Carmen Rodi reports from the trenches.Read More.
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What Reapplicants Should Know
Posted by: Jane Porter on June 5, 2008
Facing one round of admissions rejections can be tough and picking up and starting from scratch is a challenge. What to do differently the second time around? How much of your original application materials can and should be used? The University of Chicago offers a tip sheet to MBA reapplicants with suggestions on how to improve your application when you've already been rejected once before.
Applicants should revaluate recommenders and ask themselves: Is there a missing perspective there? They should consider how goals have changed since their first admission attempt. It's important to figure out how each school handles the review process. Some schools like Chicago will reference past essays when evaluating a candidate who has applied before, so those applicants should consider showing how they've grown since their first attempt at admissions.
Stanford on the other hand doesn't look at a reapplicant's previous application. Reapplicants to Stanford can learn more about what the school is looking for by checking out their tip sheet.
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The exercises will be held primarily in the old Community College of Vermont building on Evelyn Street and inside the building located next to the Rutland Region Chamber of Commerce on Merchants Row.
This is strictly a training exercise and the public should be aware of a possibly larger than average trooper presence in the area during the training.
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This delicious pie makes it's own "crust" while baking. My mother-in-law gave me the recipe. Submitted by JESSICAB1221 Carbs: 28.4g | Fat: 0.3g | Fiber: 2.5g | Protein: 5.7g | Calories: 133.2
Not too sweet but not too healthy, these delightful muffins are equally delicious for breakfast or dessert. Submitted by FIREFLY75 Carbs: 16.1g | Fat: 0.6g | Fiber: 1.5g | Protein: 2.4g | Calories: 91.7
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Six ingredients, 5 minutes of hands-on cooking, and dinner is served! Submitted by ORANGECOWCAT Carbs: 24.1g | Fat: 12.5g | Fiber: 0.9g | Protein: 41g | Calories: 385.4
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these are our favorite sloppy joes- see what you think. : 0 Submitted by KJH1129 Carbs: 13.4g | Fat: 9.7g | Fiber: 0.4g | Protein: 10.9g | Calories: 194.6
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No Crust, No sugar version of the traditional pumpkin pie recipe. Here is a low fat, high protein, high fiber version of everyone's favorite harvest time dish. It was a delicious substitute for my family Submitted by ANEWAY Carbs: 17.4g | Fat: 0.4g | Fiber: 3.3g | Protein: 6g | Calories: 81.1
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My question is about registering with gamesgames.com to play "Word Link". Is http://www.gamesgames.com/ a legitimate site? Meaning that it is ok to register with the it --- and I will probably only have to put up with tracking devices such as cookies that result from this site. Not viruses, malware etc. The registration page for Word Link can be seen here: https://king.gamesgames.com/signup.jsp?redirect=true&gameId=14 It appears to be part of Spilgames (http://www.gamesgames.com/privacy-policy.html ) which started in the Netherlands. And/or with king.com ďż˝ which is "Europe's first website for skill games where you can win money by participating in tournaments." Is there a handy-dandy place for people (like me) to go to in order to find out if the games is safe to register for? Thanks, Jane |
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I went to the gamesgames.com and WOT did not give me warning? |
Webuation gives them high marks. Always remember you should not use your real name when registering anywhere, this helps you stay anonymous. For myself I would be running a scan after each visit for the first few times to ensure they have not given me any kind of spam. If you installed WOT, Web of Trust, you would be able to decide the safety of most sites when Googling as EmmaR did before posting her comment to you. |
In general, if you do a Google search on a website's name plus the word scam you should get lots of results if there's a problem with the site. This has always worked pretty well for me. |
Sorry about not checking back sooner. Many thanks to everyone for your answers. I had entered the website's name in Google, kudzu9 - but not the word "scam" along with it. Of course what came back to me was all the wonderful stuff written by the website itself. Thank you for supplying the missing link, kudzu9. Looks like I shall be installing WOT. Thank you EmmaR and owbist (And I will be spam checking for a while.) Now for some worry-free playing. |
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How about we help those building presses with pics of ours? Looked for a show us your press thread, came up empty. Well here's mine. That second to last one is of the smash stick to push the apples into the shredder (a laminated drum with stainless flat head screws.) Props to my pops, without him taking me up on some crazy rabbittrail whim, I'd just be dreamin. (belt guard....we dont need no steeenkin belt guard)
scratter and press all in one.... nice looking bit of kit... I assume you have 2 baskets so while pressing one the other is filling? then once full it's slid fwd under press and hay presto? is there a solid base under the slats on the shelf?
Yep, assembly line style. That way we can keep the process moving along. There is a solid base under the slats, with a hole to drain out. The shredder (scratter?, always like to learn comparative terms) took some thinking on how to build. Had to have one that was simple, efficient and easy to clean. It does a good job of macerating them. thanks for the compliment.
Hey Pommeau that's a nice setup! Tell me more about the Scratter design what size is the motor, what are the RPM's and what size are the 2 pulleys? I have a very large very old press that I bought last year for cheap but am trying to figure out something to build for grinding. Right now I use a 3lb hammer and a 5 gallon bucket. I put about a dozen apples in the bucket and pound them with the top of the hammer until I get a mush. It works but it's messy and as labor intensive as it sounds!
Mine looks like this. It's from 1872.
Babski, 1/3 hp motor, 1750rpm 1.5" on motor, 10" on drum. Happy to answer any other questions that might come up. Mike, Nice! Sure dont make stuff like they used to, I'd love to get 100 years out of ours. Would sure be nice if we could get a qulity press for just over a jackson!
Here's mine haven't got to use yet. I built it from cider press and barrel plans. Ordered the barrel kit from the guy.
I made this press from a kit that included the welded-together screw and handle, an acme thread nut and plate, and metal straps. I forget if the tub staves came too, or if I had to make them myself. After only one season, the 3/4-inch plywood pressing plate I made got worn completely through by the screw. I found a man with a metal fabrication shop just over on the next hill, and he made this fantastic, 1/4-inch stainless-steel plate for me, and even included a short tube welded on that fits the screw just right and keeps the plate level. Works great.
the OP totally created this post to show off! And congratulations, that is awesome! Ron Burgendy: Hey everyone, come see how good I look!
I hate Walder Frey...
Well I am proud of it, but that's all my fathers doing. He likes to do stuff right, and do it once. His hobbies include deriving satisfaction from hand cutting dovetails, and spending weeks on hand staining furniture, so even his purely functional stuff looks nice. Nice Burgundy clip, watched it replacing "I" with "my press" and am still laughing. If I only looked half as good in that 'stache Some stuff you cant see are the Steel ears welded to the large Nut buried in the frame for the screw. So I genuinely want to put something out there for people to look at, deconstruct, then build. I was hoping to get some plate press pics in here. WHO'S GOT A PLATE PRESS, POST YOUR PICS, THEN COME AND LOOK AT MY PRESS THEN TELL ME YOU LOOVVVE IT


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In a case litigated by KMTG attorneys, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today issued an unpublished decision which upheld a judgment of the Eastern District Court in favor of Sacramento City Unified School District in the longstanding litigation over the use of Waldorf methods in public schools and publicly funded charter schools. This case began in 1998 when a taxpayer group named PLANS (People for Legal Non Sectarian Schools) filed a federal lawsuit seeking declaratory and injunctive relief claiming that the use of Waldorf methods in public schools violated the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. Their claim is based upon their allegation that Waldorf methods are related to "anthroposophy" which they claim to be a new age religion.
Both anthroposophy (literally translated from Latin to mean "the wisdom of man") and Waldorf education were founded by Rudolf Steiner, a prolific Austrian philosopher, scientist, teacher, and thinker. PLANS claimed that anthroposophy is a religion and that it is the foundation for Waldorf education such that using Waldorf methods in public schools violates the First Amendment's prohibition against the establishment of religion by government. Waldorf education and Waldorf methods focus on educating the "whole child" and integrate the arts into all subjects, including science, math, and language arts. The methods also include cooking and gardening at all grade levels, an emphasis on oral story telling at the lower grade levels, and aesthetically pleasing classrooms.
As the litigation progressed the parties and the trial judge agreed that the court should first determine the preliminary issue of whether anthroposophy is a religion for Establishment Clause purposes. On August 31, 2010, there was a one day bench trial before United States District Court Judge Frank Damrell on the preliminary issue of whether anthroposophy is a religion. At the close of PLANS' case, the school district moved for judgment on partial findings based on PLANS' complete failure to meet its burden of proving anthroposophy was a religion. Judge Damrell entered judgment in favor of the school district and PLANS appealed to the Ninth Circuit.
The Ninth Circuit ruled that the trial court's evidentiary rulings in the case were appropriate. The Ninth Circuit also agreed that PLANS failed to meet its burden of proving that anthroposophy is a religion for purposes of the Establishment Clause. However, the Ninth Circuit did point out that it was expressing no view as to whether anthroposophy could be considered a religion on the basis of a fuller or more complete record. Further, the Ninth Circuit held that PLANS waived its right to claim on appeal that a determination that anthroposophy is a religion is not necessary to prevail on the Establishment Clause claim since they failed to raise that issue below.
The conclusion of this lengthy litigation means the use of Waldorf methods instruction in public schools or publicly funded charter schools has successfully survived it's first major legal challenge. However, because the Ninth Circuit and district court did not fully review the programs at issue, other litigants may arise in the future to challenge these types of innovative educational programs.
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Where Are They Now? 50 Cent, Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Ten years ago today, Feb. 6, 50 Cent unleashed his gangsta-rap masterwork Get Rich or Die Tryin'. The expectations around the album, and 50 in general, were sky high, but he managed to exceed them, selling 8 million copies in the U.S., submitting songs like "Patiently Waiting" and "In Da Club" into the pantheon of timeless rap classics, and propelling Fif to super-stardom. But 50 didn't do it by himself; like the LP's fourth cut says, "Many Men" had a hand in making Get Rich or Die Tryin' so amazing. Here, like we've done with other classic albums, we track down each member of the all-star squad behind 50 Cent's Get Rich or Die Tryin', whether behind the mic or behind the boards. —Alex Gale
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British experts access flight MH17's black boxes
PUBLISHED: 26 Jul 2014 05:15:30 | UPDATED: 26 Jul 2014 05:15:30PUBLISHED: 26 Jul 2014 PRINT EDITION: 26 Jul 2014Chris Jasper
Data from the downed Malaysian jet's black boxes has been successfully downloaded a week after the tragedy in Ukraine, with the examination of bodies also under way as crash experts seek evidence of a missile strike.
The UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch gained access to the Boeing 777's flight-data readings on Thursday after retrieving cockpit-voice recordings, according to Dutch authorities who are leading the probe in recognition of the fact that almost 200 victims were from the Netherlands.
Specialists from the Dutch National Forensic Investigation Team are working in Kharkiv in government-controlled Ukraine after some of the 298 dead were moved there by train, with bodies being flown on to the Netherlands.
While the flight recorders may reveal evidence of a missile attack, the fragmentation warhead thought to have been used will have peppered the 777's fuselage and potentially its occupants, leaving the probe less dependent on an examination of a crash site that's been heavily disturbed since the July 17 incident.
"Cockpit voice recorders can be sensitive enough to pick up the sound of hailstones, so there's a chance that we may hear shrapnel hitting the plane," said ex-AAIB investigator Phil Giles, who worked on the 1988 Pan Am Flight 103 bombing over Scotland.
"With the power shutting down as the plane breaks up we may also get very little, but . . . we should have enough evidence to reach conclusions from the major fragments, however contaminated the crash site."
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Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
Dim strInput As String
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strInput = Replace(strInput, " ", "%20")
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Ram Truck Brand Supports Disaster Relief Efforts Following Superstorm Sandy; Donates 20 Ram Trucks And $100,000 To The American Red Cross
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Nov. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Chrysler Group LLC's Ram Truck brand today donated 20 Ram 1500 Tradesman trucks and $100,000 to the American Red Cross to assist with relief efforts in the wake of Superstorm Sandy.
"The impact of Superstorm Sandy was widespread and the road to recovery will be long for many families," said Neal Litvack, Chief Development Officer at the American Red Cross. "Through the generosity of its partners such as Ram and Chrysler Group, the American Red Cross is responding with shelter, food and emotional support, helping families and communities with their most critical needs now, and as they begin to move toward recovery."
The Ram Truck brand's donation will support the massive effort by the American Red Cross to help families and entire communities get back on their feet. On the ground, the Ram Tradesman trucks will help mobilize people and supplies for the Sandy relief efforts and will continue to benefit the organization as permanent members of the American Red Cross' fleet of vehicles. Large relief operations are underway in New York and New Jersey, where residents felt Sandy's biggest impact. Shelters and feeding sites are open and emergency vehicles are distributing food, water and relief supplies in these states.
"Our hearts go out to those impacted by Superstorm Sandy," said Fred Diaz, Ram Truck President and CEO Ram Truck Brand and Chrysler de Mexico – Chrysler Group LLC. "We are inspired by their unwavering spirit in this time of adversity, and Ram is proud to support relief and recovery efforts by providing the Red Cross with a team of Ram trucks to support this critical mission."
How to Help: People can make a financial donation in support of Red Cross Disaster Relief by visiting www.redcross.org, calling 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or texting the word REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation. Contributions may also be sent to local Red Cross chapters or to the American Red Cross, P.O. Box 37243, Washington, DC 20013. Chrysler Group and its brands have a long history of supporting its communities in their time of need. In March, the Ram Truck brand and The Weather Channel Companies (TWCC) announced a partnership with the First Response Team of America, a nonprofit disaster relief organization. The First Response Team arrived ahead of Sandy to assist local first responders with rescues and to provide help with cleanup efforts.Check Out Our Best Services for Investors
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Title: "Holiday train wreck. Hundred of excursionists killed and injured in terrible head-on collision".
M/S of the mangled wreckage of a carriage, several men (policemen, train guards) stand beside it. C/U of the twisted wreck. M/S of the derailed carriages that have been almost completely torn apart, the steam engine remains on the tracks. M/S of smoke rising from a pile of wreckage. M/S of the wrecked carriage being shunted off the tracks.


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Welcome to WC Equestrian, your source for everything for horse and rider. We carry English & Western tack, pony & mini tack, riding apparel, supplements, barn and arena supplies, gifts, jewelry, books, videos, fashions and accessories, boots, show apparel, home decor and much more.
In addition to our online store, we have a tack store at the SouthPoint Equestrian Center (open during all equestrian events) and mobile units. Please contact us if you would like us to attend your event with one of our mobile units.
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4 For a thousand years in your sight Are but as yesterday when it is past, As a watch in the night. | 4 For a thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night. |
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Meagan Good suggests that you work on yourself before you go husband hunting.
Meagan and her hubby DeVon Franklin hit up Atlanta for Wal-Mart's Black Love & Relationships panel last week where they gave the best advice they can offer after eight months of marriage.
At its most basic, marriage is two people coming together. Before finding her better half, Meagan shared that she had to get herself right first. "For me, one of the biggest things was working on myself first before I was actually working at marriage," said Meagan. "Really seeing the areas where I was damaged; the areas where I was struggling; really seeking a marriage with God first."
The "Deception" actress feels that that is what allowed her to get in tune with how God was speaking to her, which led her right to DeVon. "Once I did, that started to kind of clean up my life in certain areas," Meagan explained. "That's when I started to get confirmation that marriage was coming and I started to get direct confirmation about even who my husband was."
Meagan then urged women not to skip over vital parts of their personal journey because they may be cheating themselves out of completely growing as they should. "I think at that point that's when God will give you clarity even if it's years down the line," she said. "There's things that have to happen before (marriage) can happen so focus on those things first."
For his part, DeVon challenged guys to man up and commit. In his opinion, that's the true measure of manhood because it's more of a challenge than dating around.
"I would say on the male side, part of it is being open to the challenge of commitment. Dating to a certain degree is easy," said DeVon, explaining that some men can date a string of women and never be serious about any of them. "You can run for so long, but it does take courage and say I'm not going to run anymore. I'm going to commit."
He proposes that instead of running from woman to woman, men can be completely fulfilled in a committed relationship when they find the right person. "It really helps you to become full because so much of what we need to do as men is really tied up in the partner God brings us," he said. "I can tell you my life in 8 months has changed drastically for the better. The marriage is amazing when you have the right partner as a man."
Instead DeVon suggests that men date more selectively, stating, "Doesn't mean everybody you're gonna date, you're gonna marry. But really actually be serious about that person."
But DeVon had a few words of advice for women, who are holding a little too tightly to their idea of what the future husband should be. "You gotta really allow love to come to you in the way God has it for you," he suggested. "And this is hard because sometimes (you say) 'I want him to look like this and he's gotta be that' and all of these things."
The producer pointed out that he had to do the same thing, and it was the best decision he ever made. "Listen, I told everybody I would never date an actress," DeVon shared. "It would never happen. And I married one because I was open to God's plan for my life."
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Behind all the quarrels and conflicts there are isms. Whether those isms are religious or political, they create conflict, and conflict ultimately leads to wars. Even today Soviet communism and American democracy have broken into two religions. It has become like a war between two religions. But I ask if it is not possible to stop the division of humanity which is done on the basis of thoughts. Is it right that for an insubstantial thing like thought, we should kill human beings? Is it right that your thought and my thought should make our hearts enemies of one another?
But so far this is all that has happened. And up till now unions formed in the names of nations and religions have not been unions of our love, but unions of our hatred. So you know that if the poison of hatred is spread forcefully, anyone can be made to unite. Adolf Hitler has said somewhere that if any race has to be united, it is necessary to create hatred for some other race. He not only said this, but also did it and found it effective.
All mischief-mongers making this earth poisonous have found this method effective. By the slogan "Mohammedanism in danger," Mohammedans can be made to unite, and by the slogan "Hinduism in danger," Hindus can be made to unite. Danger creates fear, and there is hatred towards those of whom we are afraid. Thus all unions and organizations are based on hatred and fear. So while all religions talk of love because they need unity, they ultimately take only the help of hatred. Then love becomes only idle talk and hatred becomes the foundation.
So the religion I am talking about is not any union or organization, it is a spiritual endeavor. It is an experience of the individual, it is not interested in collecting a crowd. In fact, religious experience is basically individualistic.
And all our organizations are founded on some hatred. What relation can hatred have with religion? Whatsoever creates hatred between you and me cannot be religion. Only whatsoever creates love between you and me can be religion. Remember, whatsoever divides man from man, how can it ever join man with God? It is not possible. But what we call religion divides us. Though the so-called religions talk about love, talk about unity among all and talk about brotherhood, it is puzzling that the talk remains only talk, and whatsoever they do spreads enmity and hatred. Christianity talks about love, but nobody else has killed as many people as Christians have. Mohammedanism is a religion of peace, but who else has succeeded more in bringing unrest?
Perhaps good things become instrumental in hiding bad things. If you want to kill people, you can do so easily in the name of love. If one wants to be violent, one can easily be violent in protecting nonviolence. If I want to kill you, I can easily do so for your own good because in that case you will die but I will not be considered guilty. Then you will die, you will be killed and you will not complain.
It is said that man is an intellectual animal, so naturally, everything he wants to do he finds an intellectual way to do it. The devil has, perhaps, advised him to select a good slogan for doing a bad thing. The more evil a deed is, the better should be the slogan.


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Traditional Chinese theatre, originally devised in 1790 as part of the Qianlong emperor's birthday celebration. Highly conventionalized and symbolic, it combines orchestral music, speech, song, dance, and acrobatics. The performers enact dramas based on historical epics, legend, and myth. The characters' roles and social ranks are conveyed through elaborate costumes and stylized makeup. The actor Mei Lanfang brought its influence to the West through his tours of Russia and the U.S. in the 1930s. Jingxi traditionally employed an all-male cast with female impersonators, but in the late 20th century it expanded its scope to admit female actors.
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South Carolina police make arrest in 1961 killing of cab driver
(COLUMBIA, S.C.) – Police believe they have finally closed their investigation into the killing of a cab driver 40 years ago.
Edward Freiburger, 58, pleaded innocent Wednesday. Freiburger, now a father and grandfather known for his work with young people at his church in Columbia City, Ind., was a young soldier stationed at Fort Jackson in South Carolina when he allegedly bought a gun, shot John Orner during a robbery and took off.
Freiburger became a suspect a few weeks after Orner's body was found on a highway embankment when he was stopped by a state trooper in Tennessee who discovered that he was AWOL and carrying a gun. But ballistics tests available at the time were inconclusive. Two years ago, a retired Richland County sheriff's investigator, Carl Craig, convinced authorities to run new tests.
Orner, a native of Valley Forge, Pa., had also been stationed at Fort Jackson and settled in the area after marrying a local woman. He was driving a cab to supplement his Army pension.
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17 Love is made perfect in us in order that we may have courage on the Judgment Day; and we will have it because our life in this world is the same as Christ's. | 17 In this way, love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment, because in this world we are like him. |
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- Animation Studio: Tokyo Movie Shinsha Co., Ltd.
- Distributed by: Warner Bros.
- Cartoon Characters: Buster Bunny, Babs Bunny, Fifi Le Fume, Little Sneezer, Hamton J. Pig, Plucky Duck, Dizzy Devil, Gogo Dodo, Furrball, Uncle Stinky Pig, Byron Basset, Calamity Coyote, Little Beeper, Montana Max, Elmyra Duff, Mary Melody, Shirley the Loon, Fowlmouth, Arnold Dog, Concord Condor, Sweetie, Kevin Costner, Elmer Fudd.
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- Produced By Richard Arons, Sherry Stoner, Tom Ruegger, Alfred Gilmeno, Steven Spielberg.
- Written By Peter Hastings.
- Music: Richard Stone.
- Editor: Al Breitenbach, Kelly Ann Foley, Theresa Gilroy-Nielsen, Joe Gall.
- First Aired on September 19, 1992.
- Originally Aired on FOX TV (USA).
- Running Time: 30 minutes.
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1 accidit quoque ut ibi esset vir Belial nomine Seba filius Bochri vir iemineus et cecinit bucina et ait non est nobis pars in David neque hereditas in filio Isai vir in tabernacula tua Israhel | 1 Now a troublemaker named Sheba son of Bicri, a Benjamite, happened to be there. He sounded the trumpet and shouted, "We have no share in David, no part in Jesse's son! Every man to his tent, O Israel!" |
2 et separatus est omnis Israhel a David secutusque est Seba filium Bochri viri autem Iuda adheserunt regi suo a Iordane usque Hierusalem | 2 So all the men of Israel deserted David to follow Sheba son of Bicri. But the men of Judah stayed by their king all the way from the Jordan to Jerusalem. |
3 cumque venisset rex in domum suam Hierusalem tulit decem mulieres concubinas quas dereliquerat ad custodiendam domum et tradidit eas in custodiam alimenta eis praebens et non est ingressus ad eas sed erant clausae usque ad diem mortis suae in viduitate viventes | 3 When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to take care of the palace and put them in a house under guard. He provided for them, but did not lie with them. They were kept in confinement till the day of their death, living as widows. |
4 dixit autem rex Amasae convoca mihi omnes viros Iuda in diem tertium et tu adesto praesens | 4 Then the king said to Amasa, "Summon the men of Judah to come to me within three days, and be here yourself." |
5 abiit ergo Amasa ut convocaret Iudam et moratus est extra placitum quod ei constituerat | 5 But when Amasa went to summon Judah, he took longer than the time the king had set for him. |
6 ait autem David ad Abisai nunc magis adflicturus est nos Seba filius Bochri quam Absalom tolle igitur servos domini tui et persequere eum ne forte inveniat civitates munitas et effugiat nos | 6 David said to Abishai, "Now Sheba son of Bicri will do us more harm than Absalom did. Take your master's men and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and escape from us." |
7 egressi sunt ergo cum eo viri Ioab Cherethi quoque et Felethi et omnes robusti exierunt de Hierusalem ad persequendum Seba filium Bochri | 7 So Joab's men and the Kerethites and Pelethites and all the mighty warriors went out under the command of Abishai. They marched out from Jerusalem to pursue Sheba son of Bicri. |
8 cumque illi essent iuxta lapidem grandem qui est in Gabaon Amasa veniens occurrit eis porro Ioab vestitus erat tunica stricta ad mensuram habitus sui et desuper accinctus gladio dependente usque ad ilia in vagina qui fabrefactus levi motu egredi poterat et percutere | 8 While they were at the great rock in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. Joab was wearing his military tunic, and strapped over it at his waist was a belt with a dagger in its sheath. As he stepped forward, it dropped out of its sheath. |
9 dixit itaque Ioab ad Amasa salve mi frater et tenuit manu dextra mentum Amasae quasi osculans eum | 9 Joab said to Amasa, "How are you, my brother?" Then Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him. |
10 porro Amasa non observavit gladium quem habebat Ioab qui percussit eum in latere et effudit intestina eius in terram nec secundum vulnus adposuit Ioab autem et Abisai frater eius persecuti sunt Seba filium Bochri | 10 Amasa was not on his guard against the dagger in Joab's hand, and Joab plunged it into his belly, and his intestines spilled out on the ground. Without being stabbed again, Amasa died. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bicri. |
11 interea quidam viri cum stetissent iuxta cadaver Amasae de sociis Ioab dixerunt ecce qui esse voluit pro Ioab comes David pro Ioab | 11 One of Joab's men stood beside Amasa and said, "Whoever favors Joab, and whoever is for David, let him follow Joab!" |
12 Amasa autem conspersus sanguine iacebat in media via vidit hoc quidam vir quod subsisteret omnis populus ad videndum eum et amovit Amasam de via in agrum operuitque eum vestimento ne subsisterent transeuntes propter eum | 12 Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the middle of the road, and the man saw that all the troops came to a halt there. When he realized that everyone who came up to Amasa stopped, he dragged him from the road into a field and threw a garment over him. |
13 amoto igitur illo de via transiebat omnis vir sequens Ioab ad persequendum Seba filium Bochri | 13 After Amasa had been removed from the road, all the men went on with Joab to pursue Sheba son of Bicri. |
14 porro ille transierat per omnes tribus Israhel in Abelam et in Bethmacha omnesque electi congregati fuerant ad eum | 14 Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel Beth Maacah and through the entire region of the Berites, who gathered together and followed him. |
15 venerunt itaque et obpugnabant eum in Abela et in Bethmacha et circumdederunt munitionibus civitatem et obsessa est urbs omnis autem turba quae erat cum Ioab moliebatur destruere muros | 15 All the troops with Joab came and besieged Sheba in Abel Beth Maacah. They built a siege ramp up to the city, and it stood against the outer fortifications. While they were battering the wall to bring it down, |
16 et exclamavit mulier sapiens de civitate audite audite dicite Ioab adpropinqua huc et loquar tecum | 16 a wise woman called from the city, "Listen! Listen! Tell Joab to come here so I can speak to him." |
17 qui cum accessisset ad eam ait illi tu es Ioab et ille respondit ego ad quem sic locuta est audi sermones ancillae tuae qui respondit audio | 17 He went toward her, and she asked, "Are you Joab?" "I am," he answered. She said, "Listen to what your servant has to say." "I'm listening," he said. |
18 rursumque illa sermo inquit dicebatur in veteri proverbio qui interrogant interrogent in Abela et sic perficiebant | 18 She continued, "Long ago they used to say, 'Get your answer at Abel,' and that settled it. |
19 nonne ego sum quae respondeo veritatem Israhel et tu quaeris subruere civitatem et evertere matrem in Israhel quare praecipitas hereditatem Domini | 19 We are the peaceful and faithful in Israel. You are trying to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why do you want to swallow up the LORD's inheritance?" |
20 respondensque Ioab ait absit absit hoc a me non praecipito neque demolior | 20 "Far be it from me!" Joab replied, "Far be it from me to swallow up or destroy! |
21 non se sic habet res sed homo de monte Ephraim Seba filius Bochri cognomine levavit manum contra regem David tradite illum solum et recedemus a civitate et ait mulier ad Ioab ecce caput eius mittetur ad te per murum | 21 That is not the case. A man named Sheba son of Bicri, from the hill country of Ephraim, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David. Hand over this one man, and I'll withdraw from the city." The woman said to Joab, "His head will be thrown to you from the wall." |
22 ingressa est ergo ad omnem populum et locuta est eis sapienter qui abscisum caput Seba filii Bochri proiecerunt ad Ioab et ille cecinit tuba et recesserunt ab urbe unusquisque in tabernacula sua Ioab autem reversus est Hierusalem ad regem | 22 Then the woman went to all the people with her wise advice, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bicri and threw it to Joab. So he sounded the trumpet, and his men dispersed from the city, each returning to his home. And Joab went back to the king in Jerusalem. |
23 fuit ergo Ioab super omnem exercitum Israhel Banaias autem filius Ioiadae super Cheretheos et Feletheos | 23 Joab was over Israel's entire army; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Kerethites and Pelethites; |
24 Aduram vero super tributa porro Iosaphat filius Ahilud a commentariis | 24 Adoniram was in charge of forced labor; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was recorder; |
25 Sia autem scriba Sadoc vero et Abiathar sacerdotes | 25 Sheva was secretary; Zadok and Abiathar were priests; |
26 Hira autem Hiaiarites erat sacerdos David | 26 and Ira the Jairite was David's priest. |
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ask, don't tell" policy, the
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DADT Study Co-Chair On Why
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By Igor Volsky
This afternoon, in a
conference call with bloggers,
Defense Department General
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Obama Rallying Support For
Pact With Russia
(New York Times)
By Peter Baker
President Obama appears to be
building momentum for Senate
approval of a new arms control
treaty with Russia by the end
of the year, but it may have
to come at the expense of
other legislative priorities
with far greater support among
his liberal base.
Russia May Build Nuclear
Stockpile If Treaty Fails
(Los Angeles Times)
By Sergei L. Loiko
Russian Prime Minister
Vladimir Putin, his confident
bluntness on full display, has
declared Russia might build up
its nuclear weapons instead of
reducing them if the New START
treaty arranged with the Obama
administration is not ratified
by Congress.
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Leak Shows U.S. Working For
Good: Military Chief
(Agence France-Presse)
The head of the U.S. military
said Wednesday that the
sensitive discussions laid
bare by a massive leak of
diplomatic cables showed that
the United States was working
for good.
Blunt And Blustery, Putin
Responds To State Department
Cables On Russia
(New York Times)
By Ellen Barry
Mr. Putin said in the
interview that Mr. Gates had
been "deeply misled." Asked
about a cable that described
President Dmitri A. Medvedev
as "playing Robin to Putin's
Batman," he said the author
had "aimed to slander one of
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Contrary To Hopes, Afghan Vote
(New York Times)
By Alissa J. Rubin
Afghanistan's Western backers
put up $150 million this year
for parliamentary elections,
hoping that a credible vote
would demonstrate progress in
the war, help stabilize the
country and encourage efforts
toward peace. Instead, the
complete results announced
Wednesday from the September
balloting have thrust Afghans
into a new period of
uncertainty, deepened
skepticism of the government
and stirred Afghanistan's
always volatile ethnic fault
Aid Killings Are Unsolved
(Wall Street Journal)
By Devlin Barrett
The Federal Bureau of
Investigation has been unable
to link the killings of 10 aid
workers in Afghanistan -
including Tom Little, an
optometrist from upstate New
York - to any particular
terrorist network, despite
competing claims from the
Taliban and another group.
U.S. Deploys 'Game-Changer'
Weapon To Afghanistan
(Agence France-Presse)
By Michael Mathes
The Pentagon has rolled out
prototypes of its first-ever
programmable "smart" grenade
launcher, a shoulder-fired
weapon that uses microchipped
ammunition to target and kill
the enemy, even when the enemy
is hidden behind walls or
other cover.
NATO Chief Cites Afghan Gains
Incidents such as this week's
fatal shooting of six U.S.
troops should not overshadow
the progress American forces
have made in turning security
over to Afghan forces, NATO's
supreme commander said.
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Maneuvering A Message To N.
By Gordon Lubold
Military exercises off the
coast of South Korea aimed at
sending a forceful signal to
North Korea ended this week.
But even as talk turned to
diplomacy, the Pentagon is
still concerned that the North
will try again soon to provoke
the South.
Top U.S. Military Officer
Presses China Over North Korea
By David Alexander and Arshad
China's push for new talks
with North Korea is no
substitute for action after
Pyongyang's deadly attack on a
South Korean island, and
Beijing should use its
influence to calm the
situation, the top U.S.
military officer said on
China Faults U.S.-Japan Naval
Drills In Call To Ease North
Korea Tensions
(Bloomberg News)
China criticized planned
military exercises by more
than 40,000 Japanese and U.S.
troops as an obstacle to
easing tensions on the Korean
peninsula, and reiterated its
call for increased diplomatic
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Special Forces Operations Down
By Half In Iraq
(Associated Press)
By Lara Jakes
Elite counterterrorism units
in Iraq are running half as
many operations this year as
they have annually since 2008,
in part because of a
nationwide drop in violence,
senior U.S. military officials
said Wednesday.
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Clinton 'Encouraged,' But
Careful, On Talks
(Washington Post)
By Glenn Kessler
Secretary of State Hillary
Rodham Clinton said Wednesday
that the United States is
"encouraged" that Iran has
agreed to meet with other
countries on its nuclear
program but warned that a
tentative deal that fell apart
last year will need to be
modified to account for Iran's
nuclear gains.
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Belarus To Give Up Uranium
(New York Times)
By Mark Landler
The Obama administration
scored a victory in its drive
to curb the spread of
dangerous nuclear material on
Wednesday with an announcement
here that a former Soviet
republic, Belarus, had agreed
to give up its stock of highly
enriched uranium by 2012.
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Pentagon Says Cost Cuts Not
Aimed At Profits
By Andrea Shalal-Esa
The Pentagon's chief arms
buyer underscored on Wednesday
the Defense Department's
determination to cut costs,
but sought to reassure
investors the initiative was
not aimed at cutting industry
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U.S. Soldier Pleads Guilty To
Firing On Unarmed Afghans
The first U.S. soldier
court-martialed in the
prosecution of 12 infantrymen
accused of terrorizing unarmed
Afghan civilians pleaded
guilty on Wednesday to assault
and other charges and agreed
to testify against his
Yogurt In, Soda Out: Army
Revamps Training Diet
(Associated Press)
By Alan Scher Zagier
New soldiers expecting Army
drill sergeants to bust their
chops over poor posture or a
wayward gaze may instead want
to avoid a more modern
military transgression:
relying on fast food for
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Marines' Instant Gunship
Blasts Taliban, Pentagon
(Danger Room (Wired.com))
By David Axe
At first glance, the Marine
Corps' hottest new weapon
looks just like a standard
cargo plane. For the "Harvest
Hawk" gunship, the external
differences are subtle.
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Debt Panel Backs Off On
Specific Military Cuts
(Military Times)
By Rick Maze
A presidential commission
looking for ways to trim
federal spending is
considering a revised plan
that no longer includes
specific military cuts, but
would still require defense
spending to be cut by the same
percent as domestic spending.
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Why New START Deserves GOP
(Washington Post)
By Henry A. Kissinger, George
P. Shultz, James A.
Baker III, Lawrence S.
Eagleburger and Colin L.
Republican presidents have
long led the crucial fight to
protect the United States
against nuclear dangers. That
is why Presidents Richard
Nixon, Ronald Reagan and
George H.W. Bush negotiated
the SALT I, START I and START
II agreements. It is why
President George W. Bush
negotiated the Moscow Treaty.
All four recognized that
reducing the number of nuclear
arms in an open, verifiable
manner would reduce the risk
of nuclear catastrophe and
increase the stability of
America's relationship with
the Soviet Union and, later,
the Russian Federation. The
world is safer today because
of the decades-long effort to
reduce its supply of nuclear
New Start: What Would Reagan
(Wall Street Journal)
By Ed Meese and Richard Perle
President Obama has taken to
the airwaves to pump up
support for the New Start
Treaty with Russia by arguing
that Ronald Reagan would have
endorsed it. Both of us had
the high honor of knowing our
40th president. We worked for
Ronald Reagan, and we're sure
that's not the case.
Let's Trust, And Verify
(USA Today)
By Howard Baker
The Senate is ready to vote in
the next few weeks on a new
strategic arms limitation
treaty with Russia. Having
worked on such treaties since
the 1970s, as a member of the
Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, as minority and
majority leader of the Senate,
and as White House chief of
staff under President Reagan,
I believe this treaty should
be ratified - and soon.
Treaty In A Time-Warp
(Washington Post)
By George F. Will
The Framers of the
Constitution, a nuisance
regretted by most modern
presidents, gave the
legislative branch - another
indignity inflicted on
presidents, as they see it -
an important role in making
foreign policy. The Framers
did so by, among other
provisions, requiring the
consent of two-thirds of the
Senate (today, 67 votes) to
treaties. The Framers' wisdom
is confirmed by Barack Obama's
impatience with senators
reluctant to ratify, during
Congress's lame-duck session,
the New START treaty
pertaining to Russia's nuclear
Senate Must Repeal 'Don't Ask'
(San Francisco Chronicle)
By Barbara Boxer
The U.S. Senate has a historic
opportunity right now to
repeal the Pentagon's
discriminatory "don't ask,
don't tell" policy once and
for all. Now that the Pentagon
has completed its
comprehensive review of "don't
ask, don't tell," we have a
chance to move our country
forward toward full equality -
and we must not waste it.
Don't Spare The Pentagon From
The Budgetary Ax
(USA Today)
When politicians vow to freeze
federal pay, as President
Obama did this week, or slash
federal spending, as House
Republicans did leading up to
the election, they hasten to
exempt the military. No one
wants to look weak on defense,
or unsupportive of the troops.
Defense Cuts 'A Non-Starter'
(USA Today)
By Howard 'Buck' McKeon
Cutting defense amid two wars
to pay down the deficit is a
non-starter for me as we must
honor our commitment to our
war fighters. However,
Congress should not fund the
Defense Department unless we
mandate a culture of fiscal
responsibility within the
Pentagon and cut out excess
and waste.
Is Killing Our Only Option For
(Washington Post)
By David Ignatius
Every war brings its own
deformations, but consider
this disturbing fact about
America's war against
al-Qaida: It has become
easier, politically and
legally, for the United States
to kill suspected terrorists
than to capture and
interrogate them.
WikiLeaks Accidentally Helps
By Leslie H. Gelb
Julian Assange clearly
intended the State Dept. cable
leaks to smear the U.S. as
evil and selfish. Leslie H.
Gelb on how he inadvertently
proved the opposite.
'Don't Ask' Death Knell?
(Los Angeles Times)
We were skeptical in February
when Defense Secretary Robert
M. Gates commissioned a study
on how a repeal of the
military's "don't ask, don't
tell" policy would be
implemented. Our chief concern
was that putting the issue to
a vote, as the study seemed to
do, would obscure the fact
that simple justice required
repeal. We also worried that
the study's outcome might
provide a pretext for
congressional opposition to
allowing gay and lesbian
service members to serve
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The Washington Post
A Nov. 28 A-section article
about the Defense Department's
search for a permanent
headquarters for its Africa
Command incorrectly said that
southwestern Virginia was
under consideration. Officials
are looking at southeastern
Virginia, including Norfolk.
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I am having problems retrieving currency conversions from websevicex. comes back with an error. have followed all the instructions and no go bro. is it me? hmm. anybody. i have no clue what the problem is. i am having to manually input rates, could be a great feature if i can get this working.
Same for me here in Japan
# Cannot retrieve rate from http://www.webservicex.net/CurrencyConvertor.asmx/ConversionRate?FromCurrency=JPY&ToCurrency;=EUR # Cannot retrieve rate from http://www.webservicex.net/CurrencyConvertor.asmx/ConversionRate?FromCurrency=JPY&ToCurrency;=USD
Are we the only ones to suffer from that ?
I have just tried this on my system and I get the same error.
Same here. The webservicex currency converter service seems to be slow or unavailable lately. As it is a 3rd party service, Magento is not the direct problem here probably.
However, if I enter the URL in my webbrowser, I do get results eventually. But currency import via Magento still keeps failing.
(BTW, I don't know who webservicex are, or why they are offering their service for free.)
I've been having this problem as well.
In /app/code/core/Mage/Directory/Model/Currency/Import/Webservicex.php I noticed there's a timeout of 15 seconds.
->setConfig(array('timeout' => 15))
I've set this to 60 to see if it helps.
Yahoo also has a converter at the following address:
(CAD = Canadian / USD = US)
But I don't know how we would go about using this.
Let us know if this helps - i tried it but i'm not sure it made any difference.
I tried it as well, with a timeout of 120 (and with cache refresh afterwards). No difference, still 'cant retrieve rates' message.
Earlier today, by pasting the webservicex URL (displayed after magento currency update timeout) into the webbrowser the page tried to load for 5 minutes. After that, it hadn't fetched any results and I gave up. The site seems to be more responsive at the moment however, but still no luck with magento.
Nope. Changing the timeout didn't help for me either.
Does anybody have a fix for this… or know how to add the option to use another service?
rates off webserviceex havent failed for me over the last few days, when they were failing almost daily. Perhaps theres more resource in their system now ? I havent changed anything .
Problem: Webserviceex.net allows free lookup of currency conversion rates, however they get over 4 million requests a day and are often down. Magento has a bug that tells you your rates were updated when the service is down and nothing was really updated.
Solution: Check the following URL prior to importing currency rates into Magento. If the two frames (labeled Demo and WSDL) timeout or give an error, then the service is down. Wait until that page is loading the demo data with no problems, then your import should have no problem. http://www.webservicex.net/WCF/ServiceDetails.aspx?SID=39
I upgraded to 1.1.8 then to 1.2.02 and it now works.
WebserviceX.net is a pain in the ass, been slow every time I ran it.
I'll see if I can change the source to Yahoo Finance through their mega quick CSV files.
Example USD to GBP:
For those fed up with Webservicex's unreliable service, I've now got Yahoo! Finance working as a source:
I have the same problem, so that I'm in this thread.
However, I tried 4 times to import the rates, and at the 5th chance the importation worked.
I have a similar issue. Updating rates sits there for ages, and eventually goes to a 500 Server error with the url: http://www.mysite.com/store/index.php/admin/system_currency/fetchRates/
If I then take the page to: I get this message at the top of the admin… * o Cannot retrieve rate from http://www.webservicex.net/CurrencyConvertor.asmx/ConversionRate?FromCurrency=USD&ToCurrency;=AUD o Cannot retrieve rate from http://www.webservicex.net/CurrencyConvertor.asmx/ConversionRate?FromCurrency=USD&ToCurrency;=CAD o Cannot retrieve rate from http://www.webservicex.net/CurrencyConvertor.asmx/ConversionRate?FromCurrency=USD&ToCurrency;=EUR o Cannot retrieve rate from http://www.webservicex.net/CurrencyConvertor.asmx/ConversionRate?FromCurrency=USD&ToCurrency;=NZD o All possible rates were fetched, click on "Save" to apply
I tried that weservicex demo link as suggest above and it also sits there for ages. So I guess this issue is most likely with them and not with Magento. I there any plan to support other currency rate providers? What about xe.com? Virtuemart has an extension to pull in rates from there. Seems to work. It seems to me webservicex is not a good system for something as great as Magento to rely on. I suggest providing other options or switching to something else completely.
I'll try this Yahoo one posted above.


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Children's friendships have inevitable ups and downs. Yet the feelings of satisfaction and security that most children derive from interacting with peers outweigh periodic problems. For a number of children, however, peer relations are persistently problematic. Some children are actively rejected by peers. Others are simply ignored, or neglected. It even appears that some popular children have many friends but nevertheless feel alone and unhappy.
Why are Peer Relationships Important?
Children who are unable to form close or satisfying relationships with peers should be of concern to parents and teachers alike. For one thing, these children miss out on opportunities to learn social skills that will be important throughout their lives. Especially critical are the skills needed to initiate and maintain social relationships and to resolve social conflicts, including communication, compromise, and tact (Asher and others 1982). Children who lack ongoing peer involvements also may miss opportunities to build a sense of social self-confidence.
These children may develop little faith in their own abilities to achieve interpersonal goals and, thus, are easily overwhelmed by the normal ups and downs of social interaction. Implications for the children's future social and professional adjustments are obvious.
Finally, children without satisfying friendships may suffer from painful feelings of isolation (Asher and others 1984). School may be an unpleasant place for the children. They may ultimately become truant or drop out altogether (Kupersmidt 1983). Or, in their search for a sense of group belonging, the children may become vulnerable to the influence of delinquent or drug-abusing peers (Isaacs 1985).
What Factors Contribute to Peer Relationships Problems?
As adults become aware of children with significant peer relationship problems, their concern should focus on why such problems are occurring. Fortunately, recent research has expanded insight into the following factors that contribute to children's peer relationship problems.
Social Behavior
Some children behave in an aggressive or disruptive manner and, hence, are rejected by peers. Other children withdraw from peer interactions and, in this way, limit their ability to gain acceptance and friendship (Coie and Kupersmidt 1983; Dodge 1983). Each type of ineffective social behavioral pattern can stem from different root causes. One possible cause is a lack of knowledge about effective interaction strategies. Another potential cause relates to the children's emotional states.
Children who are anxious or fearful about peer relations are unlikely to behave in an effective manner. Academic problems also can contribute to ineffective social behavior. Children who cannot engage themselves with classroom work assignments often disrupt and irritate their peers (Burton in press).
Similarity fosters social acceptance. Conversely, children tend to encounter social rejection when they are perceived to be dissimilar from their peers. This may occur when children are of a different ethnic group or sex, are physically unattractive or handicapped, or are newcomers to their classrooms (Asher and others 1982).
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